Beginner friendly backcountry skiing at Red Heather

Lets meet up for a day of sweet skiing/boarding in a beginner friendly environment, where we're here to help each other out and share some knowledge with each other on our way up a mountain. We'll start with a pre-trip meeting at Cloudburst Cafe (google maps link embedded here) at 7am for everyone to meet each other, chat about the avalanche and weather forecasts and get a feel for what the day will entail. We'll chat about going to Red Heather and a few different pieces of terrain within the area and make a plan for the day. I'll also answer any questions to the best of my ability.

From Cloudburst, we will carpool after our morning meeting to the trailhead. While carpooling is encouraged, no one is under any obligation to take passengers. If we end up carpooling, the club standard is $0.25/km for highway driving and $0.50/km for FSRs (driver excluded, as they are donating their time and vehicle).

Also of note, ACC trips can't run in HIGH avalanche conditions unless they are only in Simple terrain. If Avalanche Canada is forecasting High avalanche hazard, we will stay out of that zone (e.g. if the conditions are High/Con/Mod, we would need to stay out of the alpine that day). 

Cheers!


Here's an equipment list taken from the Intro course you can use as a check list

Avalanche transceiver (modern 3-antenna)
Probe
Shovel
Skis/splitboard with touring bindings
Boots that fit your bindings (and your feet!)
Skins that are cut to fit your skis/split board
Poles (collapsible poles for split boarding)
Snowshoes and appropriate boots (if that is your mode)
Large daypack for carrying all your gear (35L+)
Helmet
Goggles
Sunglasses (if it is sunny, you will want sunglasses), sunscreen and lip balm
Shell layers (i.e. goretex jacket and pants)
Base layers (tights and longsleeve)
Insulating layers appropriate to conditions (i.e. a puffy coat)
Lightweight gloves (i.e. liner gloves)
Warm gloves or mitts
Jacket and gloves you don’t mind getting dirty when you help put on chains. A large garbage bag is also recommended
Headlamp
10 essentials
Bring Lunch and snacks for the field day
Water bottle (minimum 1L, note that hydration packs are not appropriate for winter conditions)
Thermos with a hot beverage (optional, but nice on cold days)